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“The Science Table” provides an exclusive series led by Reichart Von Wolfsheild, former host of “Invention USA”
(History Channel). Roland Kupers (physicist and former Shell Oil executive) and Dr. Frank Shu (astrophysicist and Energy Advisor to Taiwan) have a candid debate about new energy technologies and their scalability in the near future. Shot in a 100-TON concrete cave, the episode candidly surveys the world of energy from oil to renewable nuclear fission.

enquiring minds

Excellent article in Streaming Media about Raw Science. Well framed by reporter Troy Dreier, he allows Raw Science’s Co-Founder and CEO Keri Kukral to cogently articulate the burgeoning consumer appetite for this type of material and to explain the origin, nature and goals of her media venture, where she provides enticing examples of content that is or has already been produced. A brilliant synopsis into what should undoubtedly be a knock out of the park as a business venture.

ways & means

Overall, a very pithy 9 minutes of relevant debate which perhaps leaves us with more questions than answers, but in this case in a good way, as these questions, if addressed properly, will help us to get closer to implementing the most optimal energy solutions that we can.

dexter77

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this is an interesting short debate/discussion, with reichart presumably acting as host/moderator. however, he’s much more involved in the discussion as a 3rd party debater than as a neutral moderator, and to his credit he does well at that, playing devil’s advocate

denver64

purge victory

Frank Shu asserting the “certainty of the collapse of civilization if we keep burning fossil fuels the way we are” is very sobering. What sort of timeclock are we on in terms of our stores of fossil fuels before they are depleted?

sputnik

josiah

but then he also says we can’t build nuclear reactors in developed nations anymore because it’s too cost prohibitive and would also require some sort of regulatory licensing time of at least 10-15 years…so i guess that means no more nuke reactors going up in 1st world countries?

krazyman

Kupers does assert though that it is feasible to put up nuke reactors in underdeveloped nations, like the plan China has to build 100 nuclear reactors; and inherent in that is also the assertion that that amount of reactors would bring the cost curve down

OG Theo

apianist16

Kupers says that the cheapest form of power is wind and solar, but Shu counterpoints him by saying that’s because he isn’t figuring load factor into it; ie, wind is used 30% of the time and solar 20%, whereas nuclear reactors are used 90% of the time so in fact that they cheaper than wind and solar

john rose

homer simpson

he never did explain, because reichart stepped in and asked the question of ‘how do we calculate the actual cost?’ then kupers talks about how wind or solar is 50% cheaper per kilowatt than nuclear and Shu laughs him off…so it’s a laugh-off…who’s telling the truth?

peterfied

mikey fixx

In WW2 Hitler went out of his way to control the caucasus and balkans regions, namely ukraine, so he could control all those vast oil reserves. Welcome to putin 2014. What are you going to do western europe?

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Brian Heater has worked at a number of tech pubs, including Engadget, Laptop, and PCMag (where he served as Senior Editor). Most recently, he was as the Managing Editor of TechTimes.com. His writing has appeared in Spin, Wired, Playboy, Entertainment Weekly, The Onion, Boing Boing, Publishers Weekly, The Daily Beast and various other publications. He hosts the weekly Boing Boing interview podcast RiYL, has appeared as a regular NPR contributor and shares his Queens apartment with a rabbit named Lucy.

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